JRL #7230

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Economy	1	Russian economy more solidly based than in 1997	Reuters
Economy, Income	2	POCHINOK ON SIZEABLE GROWTH OF RUSSIANS' REAL INCOMES IN LAST THREE YEARS	RIA Novosti
No-Confidence Vote	3	Russia anti-government vote could hit Putin allies	Reuters
Putin Ratings Drop	4	Apparent drop in Putin's ratings blamed on poll methods	Interfax
Putin on Mental Health	5	President: Russia not psychologically healthy	The Baltic Times
Parliamentary Elections	6	41 parties to take part in Russian parliamentary elections	ITAR-TASS
Elections, Corruption	7	CEC CHAIRMAN DENIES ZYUGANOV'S STATEMENT	RIA Novosti
Crime	8	Interior Ministry wants tougher penalties for traffic violations	Interfax
Bush & Putin	9	WILL FRIENDSHIP ENDURE? Bush And Putin stand to gain more from friendship than from hostility.	Argumenti i Fakty Alexei Pushkov
Dollar	10	THE DOLLAR AND RUSSIA. Has it reached equilibrium?	Moscow Tribune Stanislav Menshikov
Blair-Putin Summit	11	Blair praises Putin's leadership qualities in interview for Russian agency	ITAR-TASS
Britain & Russia	12	ONLY EVERY SECOND BRITON KNOWS PUTIN IS RUSSIAN PRESIDENT	RIA Novosti
Britain & Russia	13	BRITS, RUSSIANS COMMENT ON EACH OTHER IN A POLL	RIA Novosti
Britain & Russia	14	EVERY FOURTH YOUNG BRITISH CITIZEN COULD SAY NOTHING ABOUT RUSSIA	RIA Novosti
Putin & Scotland	15	Power, Putin and Scotland	The Scotsman Tim Cornwell
Chechnya War	16	No talks, no compromise--pro-Moscow Chechen head	Reuters
Chechnya War, Amnesty	17	Chechen rebel president says Russian amnesty will not stop war	BBC Monitoring
Government Reform	18	WHO WILL ELECT THE PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER? The president serves to stabilize the system in Russia.	Argumenty i Fakty Andrei Uglanov Sergei Mikhailov
Amb. Vershbow Speech on Energy	19	Vershbow "Cautiously Optimistic" about Russian Energy Policy	US Department of State